DEPARTMENTOFMILITARYSCIENCE ARMYROTCPROGRAM

Reserve Officer's Training Corps

Albany State University offers courses in
Basic and Advanced Military Science. The basic courses, taken during the
freshman and sophomore years, are designed to teach principles and techniques
of leadership and to develop in each student an understanding of the role of
the Army in the defense of the United States.

The purpose of the advanced course, taken
during the junior and senior years, is to educate selected students in a
balanced course of officer training, both theoretical and practical, which will
qualify them to perform the duties of a commissioned officer in the Army of the
United States. Upon receiving the Bachelor's degree each student who
successfully completes the advanced course will be commissioned as a second
lieutenant in one of the career branches in the United States Army.

While participating in the advanced course,
each student is paid $200 per month for the academic school year, not to exceed
10 months for each of the two years. Additionally, during the summer between
the junior and senior years, while the student attends the Advanced ROTC Summer
Camp, he/she will receive approximately one-half of a second
lieutenant's pay for the
five-week period. Optional activities include participating in Ranger
Challenge, Drill Team, Color Guard, Pershing Rifles Military Fraternity,
planned weekly Field Training Exercises (FTXs), and a host of fund-raising
activities throughout the school year.

TWO-YEARPROGRAM

For those students who were unable, or did
not elect, to enroll in the basic course and who desire to pursue a commission,
the Army has developed a two-year program. The requirements of the basic course
can be met by attending a six-week course. Veterans who wish to pursue a
commission may enter the advanced program with evidence of satisfactory prior
service, appropriate academic standing and approval of the Professor of
Military Science. Students with at least two to four years of JROTC desiring to
pursue a commission and enter the advanced course, must provide a cadet
performance report from their instructor, be academically aligned as a junior
and approved by the Professor of Military Science.

SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM

The Army ROTC Scholarship Program offers
financial assistance to outstanding young men and women. Each scholarship pays
tuition, books, labs and other associated fees, plus a subsistence allowance of
$2,000 per year ($200 per month). All scholarships provide the same benefits
unless otherwise noted. Any recipient of a scholarship must fulfill an active
duty or reserve duty (Army Reserve, or Army National Guard) service obligation
upon completion of required academic ROTC courses. Please see the Professor of
Military Science for more details. Army ROTC offers a variety of scholarships.
They are:

Four-year National open to all qualified high school students
accepted to any four-year college/ university with an ROTC
program.

The four-year scholarship pays full tuition, fees, laboratory fees
and provides a book slip of $500 for the school year (divided into $250 each
semester). The University also provides a room and board tuition incentive for
all four-year ROTC recipients (Four-Year National, Four- Year Green to Gold and
Four-Year HBCU winners.)

Four-year Historically Black College/University (HBCU) open to all
qualified high school students who are accepted to any HBCU with an ROTC
program.

Four-year Green to Gold open to Army veterans attending college
after a completed enlistment in the Regular Army.

The minimum requirements for these
scholarships are: U.S. citizenship, be at least 17 years old by October the
year of the award and no older than 27 at graduation (waiver up to 31 for up to
4 years of prior service), high school graduate or equivalent, 920 SAT/19 ACT,
and pass a military physical exam and an Army fitness exam. DEADLINES: Early
Decision Cycle application by 15 July, SAT/ACT by November, and winners
announced by December. Regular Decision Cycle application by 15 November,
SAT/ACT by November, and winners announced by March the following
year.

Three-year Campus Based open to all full-time students regardless
of whether they are currently enrolled in ROTC. Those winners not currently
enrolled must agree to compress freshman (MILS 1110, 1120) and sophomore (MILS
2210, 2220) classes or be able to receive placement credit (i.e., JROTC or
veterans). The application deadline is April 15 and the winners are announced
in May each year. Qualifications-920 SAT or 19 ACT, 2.5 GPA, minimum of 27
semester hours, have three full academic years remaining, pass a physical exam
and pass the Army Physical Fitness (APFT) with 50 points in each
event.

Two-year Campus Based open to all full-time students but
compression of classes is not allowed. Non-enrolled winners must be veteran,
have taken at least three or four years of JROTC, or agree to attend a six-week
basic camp (not Basic Training or Boot Camp) at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Travel to
and from camp, free meals, and lodging are provided at no expense to the
student. The student also receives approximately $700 for attending the camp.
Qualifications 2.0 GPA, a minimum of 60 semester hours, have two full academic
years remaining, pass a physical exam, pass the APFT and complete Basic
Camp.

Two-year On Campus same as the three-year except compression is
not allowed. Non-enrolled winners must either be veterans or agree to attend a
six-week basic camp at Fort Knox, Kentucky (travel) to and from camp and free
meals and lodging provided, plus approximately $767 stipend). Qualifications
2.0 GPA and two years left to complete degree requirements.

Professor of Military Science (PMS) Two-Year Incentive special
scholarship awarded by the PMS to any qualified student.

DEPARTMENTAL
MISSION

The mission of the ROTC program is to
instruct and train the ROTC cadet so that each graduate shall have the
qualities and attributes essential to a progressive and continuing career as an
officer in one of the branches in the United States Army. Inherent to this
mission are the objectives:

Mental to provide a collegiate education in a mutually agreed
discipline leading to a Bachelor's degree.

Moral to develop in the cadet a high sense of duty and the
attributes of character, with emphasis on integrity, discipline and motivation
essential to the profession of arms.

Physical to develop in the cadet those physical attributes
essential to a career as an officer in the United States Army.

Military to provide a broad military education rather than
individual proficiency in the technical duties of junior officers. Such
proficiency is of necessity, a gradual development, the responsibility for
which evolves in the graduates themselves and upon the commands and schools to
which they are assigned after being commissioned.

REQUIREMENTSFORROTC

A.GENERAL

Character be of good moral character as evidenced by record in
home, community and at the institution where enrolled.

Citizenship be a citizen of the United States as described by AR
145-1.

Age be at least 17 years of age for enrollment in the advanced
course. Male applicants under 18 years of age and female applicants who are
under legal age established by their state of legal residence require parental
consent. The maximum age is 30 at the time of appointment (waiverable up to 34
for non-scholarship applicants). Scholarship applicants, minimum age is 17 by 1
October of the year of enrollment and the maximum age is 27 on 30 June of the
commissioning year (waiverable up to 31 for up to 4 years of prior
service).

Medical be physically fit as defined by AR 145-1 and AR
40-501

B.MILITARYSCIENCECURRICULUM

Freshman

FreshmanYear

Fall

Spring

MILS 1110
Introduction to ROTC

1

1

MILS 1120
Introduction to Military Leadership

1

Sophomore

MILS 2210 Basic Military Land Navigation and
First Aid

MILS 2220 Basic Military Skills and
Tactics

Fall

2

Spring

2

Junior
Year

MILS 3310 Advanced Leadership and Military
Tactics

MILS 3320 Advanced Leadership and Military
Tactics II

Fall

3

Spring

3

Senior
Year

MILS 4410 Leadership Challenge and Goal
Setting

MILS 4420 Transition to
Lieutenant

Fall

3

Spring

3

Freshman courses may be taken in any order.
Sophomore courses may be taken in any order but should not be started before
MILS 1110 and MILS 1120 have been completed. All courses have a required
Leadership Lab which meets once a week for two hours for all enrolled
students.